17 more people dead as Kenya records 1,211 new COVID-19 cases

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Seventeen more people have succumbed to the coronavirus in Kenya bringing the cumulative fatalities to 1,366. In a statement issued on Saturday, th...

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Coronavirus: Kenya records 19 new deaths, 1,048 cases and 326 recoveries

By Tonny Ndungu,

The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the country has hit 75,193 after 1,048 new infections were announced on Friday. The Ministry of He...

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17 more patients succumb to COVID-19 as Kenya caseload surpasses 74K

By Citizen Reporter,

17 more people have succumbed to COVID-19 in Kenya as the country's caseload rose to 74,145. A statement from Health CS Mutahi Kagwe said 1,459 mor...

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Coronavirus: Kenya announces 2,616 new recoveries, 957 infections and 11 deaths

By Tonny Ndungu,

The Ministry of Health has announced 957 new cases of the novel coronavirus, tested from a sample size of 5,559. The new infections push the country...

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Coronavirus cases in Kenya hit 71,729 after 925 test positive

By Tonny Ndungu,

The Ministry of Health has announced 925 new coronavirus infections from the 5,559 samples tested in the last 24 hours. The total number of confirm...

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18 dead as Kenya’s COVID-19 death toll hits 1,287

By Tonny Ndungu,

The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country has risen to 70,804 after 559 people tested positive from a sample size of 3,074. This ...

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Matungu MP Justus Murunga dies in Mumias

By Tonny Ndungu,

Matungu Member of Parliament, Justus Murunga has died. The 60-year-old legislator, the family confirmed, died on Saturday night after developing br...

Matungu MP Justus Murunga

‘Corona ikianza tulikuwa na kazi, lakini sasa hatuna’: Why Albert Otieno and Beatrice Mbendo now depend on social protection

By Rachel Ombaka,

Albert Otieno, 32, lives with his mother, two children and a cousin in Kayole, one of Nairobi County's most densely populated estates. Also Read: T...

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26 more patients dead as Kenya records 1,216 new COVID-19 cases

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Twenty-six more patients have succumbed to the coronavirus disease in Kenya raising the death toll to 1,180. At the same time 1,216 people have tes...

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24 dead as Kenya coronavirus cases soar to 64,588

By Tonny Ndungu,

Kenya's total coronavirus caseload has hit 64,588 after 1,344 cases were reported by the Ministry of Health on Tuesday. The new cases are from 7,16...

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Coronavirus: Kenya records 19 new deaths, 756 cases

By Tonny Ndungu,

The Ministry of Health has announced 756 new cases of the novel coronavirus in the country. The new cases which were tested from 4,316 samples push t...

Coronavirus: Kenya records 719 new cases,8 deaths and 912 recoveries

By Tonny Ndungu,

The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the country has hit 62,488 after 719 new cases were reported on Sunday. In a statement sent to m...

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104-year-old among 1,065 new coronavirus cases in Kenya

By Tonny Ndungu,

The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the country has hit 61,769 after the Ministry of Health announced 1,065 new infections on Saturday....

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Coronavirus: Kenya records 1,109 new cases and 21 deaths

By Tonny Ndungu,

The Ministry of Health (MoH) has announced 1,109 new coronavirus infections from a sample pool of 7,153 tested in the last 24 hours. The new infect...

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Governors want COVID-19 protocols restored, politicians who flout rules punished

By Ian Omondi,

County governors are now calling for reinstatement of the previously implemented COVID-19 protocols in their original form, further that politicians a...

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12 more people dead as Kenya records 492 new COVID-19 cases

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Twelve more patients have succumbed to the coronavirus disease in the country raising he fatality to 1,039. This is even as 492 other people tested...

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27 people arrested for failing to wear face masks in Kakamega

By Juma Kefa,

At least 27 people were arrested on Monday in Mumias West, Kakamega County for allegedly failing to adhere to COVID-19 safety protocols set out by the...

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Uhuru unveils policy measures to speed up UHC roll-out

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta today unveiled a raft of policy interventions aimed at fast tracking the national rollout of the Universal Health Coverage (U...

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Kenya loses senior surgeon Daniel Alushula to COVID-19

By Citizen Reporter,

The Kenyan medical fraternity has lost another doctor Daniel Alushula to COVID-19. Also Read: Doreen Lugaliki becomes first Kenyan doctor to succum...

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Former Kakamega governorship aspirant Mabel Muruli succumbs to COVID-19

By Citizen Reporter,

Mabel Muruli, who vied for the Kakamega gubernatorial seat in 2017, has succumbed to COVID-19. Also Read: COVID-19 cases cross 52K mark as CS Kagwe...

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